Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *ghrabh-, *ghrab- / -e-

Meaning: to take, to seize, to rake

Hittite: karp- (I) 'aufheben, wegtragen' (Tischler 513-514)

Old Indian: OInd gr̥bhṇā́ti, gr̥hṇā́ti, grbhāyáti, aor. ágrabham, agrabhīt, pf. jagrā́bha, inf. gráhītum, ptc. grbhītá- `to seize, take, grasp'; grábha- m. `the taking possession of', gráha- `seizing; m. `grasp, seizing, as much as can be taken, ladleful, spoonful'; gr̥bh- f. `grasping, seizing', gŕbhi- `holding, containing', grhá- `assistant, servant', grābhá- m. `one who seizes; grasp'; grāhá- m. `rapacious animal; grasping, seizure, laying hold of'

Avestan: hǝ̄n-grabǝm (časmainī) `ich erfasste (mit dem Auge)', pf. ǰaugaurva; g(ǝ)urvayeiti `ergreift, hält fest, nimmt weg, bekommt, nimmt wahr', inf. gǝrǝbąm `festzuhalten an', ptc. gǝrǝpta-; grab- `Fassung von Wörtern, Satz'; gǝrǝwnāiti, gǝ̄urvāyeiti `ergreift, hält fest, erobert, bekommt, nimmt wahr, begreift'; (jav.) upagǝrǝmbay-, uzgrǝmbayō 'aufgreifen, (mit den Sinnen) fassen, auffassen, wahrnehmen'

Other Iranian: NPers giriftan `ergreifen', gīrad `ergreift'; OPers garbhājaiti `ergreift, hält fest, erobert, bekommt, nimmt wahr, begreift'

Slavic: *grā́bljā, *grā́bītī

Baltic: *greb- vb. tr., *greb-ia- c., -iā̃ f., *grab-u-, *-n-u- adj., *grē̂b-, *grā̂b- (2) vb. tr., *grāb-iac., *grā̂b-ac., *grā̂b-ā̂- (1) vb.; *greĩb- vb. tr., *graĩb-ī̂- vb., *graĩb-u- adj., *grib-ē̂- vb., *greîb-s-t-ā̂ (1) f.; *gramb- vb. tr., *gram̃b-ī̂- vb.

Germanic: *grap-a- vb.; *grabb-ō-, *grabb-al-ō-, *grēp-ō- vb.; *grēp-a- n.; *grīp-a- vb.; *graip=; *grip-ja- m., n.

Russ. meaning: брать, хватать, грести

References: WP I 652 f

Comments: Cf. Hitt karap- / karip- (II) 'fressen, verzehren' (Tischler 496f).